Danger: a mucky rubber ducky is a haven for bacteria, says study

Bath toys could damage your health, say scientists who analysed water squeezed out of them

Rubber ducks used as bath-time toys are a haven for bacteria that could spread diseases, Swiss and American researchers have found.

The study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, ETH Zurich and the University of Illinois, counted microbes swimming inside the yellow toys and found the murky liquid released when ducks were squeezed contained “potentially pathogenic bacteria” in four out of the five toys studied.

Continue reading... March 28, 2018 at 01:17PM